On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 02:01:45PM -0400, Jerry Eyers wrote: > > >Spamming is pervasive mainly due to the inattention or failure to enforce > >acceptable use policies by the service provider. > > I must point out that this statement is just flat wrong. > > Spamming exists because spamming works. Why do spammers send > out millions of emails? Because thousands of people click, look at, and > subscribe to services and products being spewed by the spammers. > > If spamming didn't sell products, spamming would die off. We must > educate the users to not do anything with spam but delete it. As from > the sucess of infomercials on television shows, that won't happen > anytime soon. >
I think you are 'right on'. I offer this observation, first triggered by a third-hand report from some sociologists: A while back, I was getting frequent spams for breast enlargement and the like, along with some penis-related products. The breast related spam has totally vanished today, but viagra/penis spam is arriving continuously. The sociologist had noted that some societal trends and indicators could be read by looking at what is being offered. Apparently the market for breast-related products in the world of spam-receivers just wasn't there, so spamming for breasts seems to have ceased. > Jerry -- -=[L]=-